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Fact! There is such a thing as male PMS. Premenstrual syndrome
The collection of symptoms that strike women in the week or so before their menstrual cycle begins, has been the brunt of countless jokes and has even been suggested as a reason why a woman should not be elected president of the United States. Men, on the other hand, should stop giggling because medicine recognizes the male equivalent known as "irritable male syndrome," a behavioral state defined as "hypersensitivity, frustration, anxiety, and anger that occurs in males and is associated with biochemical changes, hormonal fluctuations, stress, and loss of male identity."